It’s been a long, emotional week. My husband’s birthday party was last weekend –
it was a tiki bash in our back yard with lots of good friends and food. The weather was perfect, everyone seemed to
have a really good time, and by the end of it, I was completely exhausted. I
was expecting a great massage the next day, but my massage therapist had car
trouble. Boo! So I was tired, with very
sore feet…but there was an awesome upside: no swollen ankles! I’m pretty sure
the 20 pounds I’d lost and the regimen of half my weight in water consumed each
day really has solved that problem. Big
win. Also, I completely stayed in the right calorie range on party day! Wahoo!
The week following the party has been amazing. First off, I got into SMALLER JEANS! I woke
up on Monday and just felt smaller, so I thought I’d pull out the new jeans and
give it a shot. It was such a thrill to have them go on and zip without the
exhale/suck-it-in routine…they just fit.
YAY!
As ever, there was more gardening to do this week. I had to get the bulbs in the ground while
they were fresh so that I’ll have flowers in the spring. That took a couple of
hours (reminding everyone that gardening
burns a ridiculous amount of calories) and I have to say I was pretty sore
afterward. I had a ton of work keeping me at my desk, so I really welcomed the
gardening break. My dog had to go for
his annual check-up at the vet on Tuesday, so I left an hour before his
appointment to walk him around the lake. Are
you seeing a trend here? I have finally embraced MOVING every single day no
matter what.
My son and husband were doing a project together in the back
yard before our son went back to college.
This will be his first year living off campus and I was really touched
when he asked me what things he should buy at the grocery store to have on
hand. He shops for a meal or for baking, but he’s never stocked his own
kitchen. I took time to write down
things I thought would be helpful…and I made a kind of care package to send
along. I love that he asked. He’s just
the best. He’s very conscious about the food he eats and he knows that baked
goods are his Achilles heel, so he, too, is aware of moving enough each day to
keep his body where he wants it. He’s a
good example for me.
On Thursday I spent the day with my son – lunch at his
favorite place, some time at the book store, planning dinner and a movie for
the evening. We had a great day talking and laughing. Through all of this I
embraced my new “cash account” eating/exerting and barely had to think about
staying in calorie range.
Today, my son left for school. I was a little sad, but he’s only 90 minutes
away and I’m going to visit next week to see how he’s set up his house. I threw
myself into work for several hours after he left for a distraction, then went
to the hardware store with my husband to scout prices for a yard project we are
doing with his sister on Sunday.
Normally I would dread doing someone else’s yard on top of mine, but
hey, we will be helping someone AND gardening burns oodles of calories!
Gardening is my new best friend! In the late afternoon today I took the dog for
a walk and then my husband and I walked down to have dinner and see a movie at
the local theatre. It was really a lovely evening.
Tomorrow is my mother-in-law’s birthday. My husband and I
are biking to downtown Berkeley to meet her and two of his sisters for brunch,
then biking back (while the rest drive) and having coffee and cake at our
house. The afternoon will be spent gathering tools and supplies for the garden
project (we’re making a meadow!). On
Sunday the project commences and we have about 10 hours of work to complete. I
am hoping to have a beautiful garden for my sister-in-law and a couple of pound
loss for the week. I am at 21 now with many, many inches lost.
My anniversary is Monday and my husband has dinner plans for
us…I am planning activities for the day so dinner can be a real treat.
This new way of life is really wonderful.
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